- Owned
by Rea Shipping Co. Ltd., she measured 330.7 x 45.2 x 22.4ft., and grossed 2,889
tons.
- Carrying
a cargo of coal, tinned food, flour and some small arms, she was torpedoed by
U-91 5 miles North-West of Bull Point.
- Captain
J.B. Gordon and his crew abandoned ship and rowed ashore at the Giant's Causeway.
- Although thought
to have sunk immediately, she drifted ashore south of Bull Point.
- The
cargo was mostly salvaged by the islanders.
- Ian
Wilson's book refers to her as "Knightsgareth".
- In
1921 the salvaged ship "Bouncer" sank while trying to salvage
her.
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